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Henri Jeanson
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Henri Jeanson

French film director
March 6, 1900 (November 6, 1970)
Fr. 1966. Mores comedy by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Charles Aznavour, Susan Hampshire, Alan Scott. While his wife and children are away on vacation, a modest employee indulges in a love affair.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1965. Comedy by Jean Becker with Pierre Vernier, Nina Demestre, Pierre Brasseur. The theft of a microfilm leads to a series of crazy adventures.
Runtime: 101 min.
Runtime: 93 min.

Two Are Guilty

V.O.: Le Glaive et la balance
Fr. 1962. Social drama by André Cayatte with Anthony Perkins, Jean-Claude Brialy, Renato Salvatori. Three men are suspected of a crime for which there can only be two culprits.
Runtime: 140 min.
Fr. 1961. Comedy by Claude Autant-Lara with Francis Claude, Danielle Gaubert, Jean Sorel. Henry IV is looking for a complaisant husband for a young girl he wants to make his mistress.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1961. Psychological drama by François Villiers with Michèle Morgan, Jean-Claude Brialy, Catherine Spaak. A cynical young painter seduces an antique dealer, then marries her daughter who dies shortly afterwards from a gunshot wound.
Runtime: 95 min.

Operation Caviar

V.O.: Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein
All. 1961. Comedy by Geza von Radvanyi with O.W. Fischer, Senta Berger, Jean Richard. In Berlin, the German secret service entrusts a modest accountant from London with a mission, mistakenly thinking that he is a spy.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1960. Dramatic comedy by Henri Verneuil with Pascale Petit, Roger Hanin, Pierre Mondy. On the verge of going away, a man entrusts his wife to an old friend.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Cow and I

V.O.: La Vache et le prisonnier
Fr. 1959. Comedy by Henri Verneuil with Fernandel, René Havard, Ingeborg Schöner. A prisoner of war devises an ingenious way to escape.
Runtime: 119 min.
Fr. 1958. Comedy by Henri Verneuil with Michèle Morgan, Charles Boyer, Félix Marten. A ruined socialite serves as a matchmaker to a young, wealthy man.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 1958. Dramatic comedy by Jean Delannoy with Zizi Jeanmaire, Jean-Claude Pascal, Cristina Gajoni. A former prostitute acquires a beergarden.
Runtime: 104 min.

Lovers of Paris

V.O.: Pot-Bouille
Fr. 1957. Mores comedy by Julien Duvivier with Gérard Philipe, Dany Carrel, Danielle Darrieux.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1952. Psychological drama by Jean Delannoy with Michèle Morgan, Jean Gabin, Daniel Gélin. A couple reflects on ten years of marriage.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1952. Melodrama by Guy Lefranc with Madeleine Robinson, Jeanne Moreau, Henri Vilbert. The tribulations of a former prostitute who hid her past from her daughter.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1951. Psychological drama by Jean Delannoy with Pierre-Michel Beck, Madeleine Robinson, Frank Villard. In Marseille, a natural child revolts when he discovers that his mother is a prostitute.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1951. Adventures by Christian-Jaque with Gérard Philipe, Gina Lollobrigida, Noël Roquevert. The rocambolic adventures of a young intrepid soldier serving under Louis XV.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1951. Crime drama by Hervé Bromberger with Raymond Souplex, Marthe Mercadier, Jean Debucourt. A commissioner hunts down a sadist who likes to hurt and kill women after putting them to sleep with curare.
Runtime: 90 min.

His Last Twelve Hours

V.O.: E piu facile che un cammello...
It. 1950. Tale by Luigi Zampa with Jean Gabin, Mariella Lotti, Julien Carette. Condemned to hell, a man takes advantage of a reprieve to return to earth and make amends for his sins.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1950. Mores comedy by Henri Jeanson with Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Henri Guisol. A song brings its performer both success and misfortune.
Runtime: 113 min.
Fr. 1950. Psychological drama by Richard Pottier with Fernandel, Jeanne Moreau, Raymond Souplex. Guilty of euthanasia, a man gets in trouble with his brothers who are afraid of scandal.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1948. Mores comedy by Jean Faurez with François Périer, Louis Salou, Colette Richard. A high school headmaster lives out a love story in his imagination.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1948. Crime drama by Henri Decoin with Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Robinson, Robert Arnoux. Taking the place of his murdered look-alike, a detective exposes a murderer.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1948. Sentimental drama by Jean Delannoy with Jean Marais, Michèle Morgan, Jean Chevrier. A flight attendant reunites with her former fianc?, who has become an airline pilot.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1948. Satire by René Le Hénaff with Odette Joyeux, Paul Meurisse, Albert Dinan. Having inherited a nightclub, a slightly whimsical young woman poses as the wife of a kingpin to gain the respect of the manager.
Runtime: 99 min.

The Damned

V.O.: Les Maudits
Fr. 1947. Adventures by René Clément with Henri Vidal, Marcel Dalio, Florence Marly. Nazi war criminals escape aboard a submarine.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1947. Dramatic comedy by Henri Decoin with Louis Jouvet, Dany Robin, Renée Devillers. A composer has a romantic affair with a young pianist whom he has taken under his wing.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1946. Psychological drama by Christian-Jaque with Louis Jouvet, François Périer, Gaby Morlay. Chased away by his fianc?e's family, a man returns twenty years later to seek revenge.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1946. Police comedy by Jean Dréville with Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Léo Lapara. Unbeknownst to him, a kind man serves as an alibi for a gangster.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1945. Dramatic comedy by André Zwobada with André Luguet, Lise Delamare, Paulette Dubost. The destinies or adventures, funny or sad, of a few people, sometimes of dubious morality, including a banker, a prostitute, a swindler and an actress.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1945. War drama by René Chanas with Jean Desailly, Michèle Martin, Raymond Bussières. In Central Europe, patriots rise up against the German occupiers.
Runtime: 105 min.

Angel and Sinner

V.O.: Boule de Suif
Fr. 1945. Satirical drama by Christian-Jaque with Micheline Presle, Alfred Adam, Jean Brochard. In 1870 in the middle of the Prussian occupation, a prostitute suffers the contempt of nobles who travel with her on a stagecoach.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1943. Comedy by Marcel L'Herbier with Edwige Feuillère, Raymond Rouleau, André Luguet. A woman makes her living by blackmailing unconventional couples.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1938. Drama by Maurice Tourneur with Harry Baur, Pierre Renoir, Suzy Prim.
Runtime: 97 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1938. Mores drama by Marc Allégret with Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin, Odette Joyeux.
Runtime: 99 min.
Fr. 1938. Sentimental drama by Marcel Carné with Louis Jouvet, Arletty, Jean-Pierre Aumont.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1937. Comedy by Pierre Colombier with Raimu, Fernandel, Jules Berry.
Runtime: 102 min.

The Kiss of Fire

V.O.: Naples au baiser de feu
Fr. 1937. Sentimental comedy by Augusto Genina with Tino Rossi, Mireille Balin, Michel Simon.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1937. Sketches by Julien Duvivier with Marie Bell, Harry Baur, Pierre Blanchar.
Runtime: 144 min.
Runtime: 81 min.
Fr. 1936. Drama by Robert Siodmak with Kate de Nagy, Suzy Prim, Jules Berry.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 75 min.

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